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John P. Kotter Quotes

American - Educator | February 25, 1947 -

A higher rate of urgency does not imply ever-present panic, anxiety, or fear. It means a state in which complacency is virtually absent.

Fear Complacency Anxiety Urgency

Kotter International is about leading large-scale change, not just managing it.

Change Leading Just International

Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there.

Future Vision Strategy Leaders Set

Tradition is a very powerful force.

Tradition Powerful Force Very

In terms of getting people to experiment more and take more risk, there are at least three things that immediately come to my mind. Number one, of course, is role-modeling it yourself. Number two is, when people take intelligent, smart risks and yet it doesn't work out, not shooting them. And number three, being honest with yourself.

Work Yourself Smart Risks Mind Risk

Because management deals mostly with the status quo and leadership deals mostly with change, in the next century we are going to have to try to become much more skilled at creating leaders.

Leadership Change Management Creating

The rate of change is not going to slow down anytime soon. If anything, competition in most industries will probably speed up even more in the next few decades.

Change Competition Slow Speed Down

Great leaders understand that historical success tends to produce stable and inwardly focused organizations, and these outfits, in turn, reinforce a feeling of contentment with the status quo.

Success Great Feeling Understand

The world has 6 billion people and counting. We need to help 500 million people become better leaders so that billions can benefit.

People World Better Help Become

Neurologists say that our brains are programmed much more for stories than for abstract ideas. Tales with a little drama are remembered far longer than any slide crammed with analytics.

Ideas Drama Say More Abstract Far

Many years ago, I think I got my first insight on how an incredibly diverse team can work together and do astonishing things, and not just misunderstand each other and fight.

Work Together Fight Team Think Just

The vast majority of large scale change efforts fail. Which means that the probability that you have actually experienced a failure, and your people know that and are pessimistic, therefore, about trying something again, is very high.

Change Failure People Trying You

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